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�w William Johnson, 13733 La Paloma, stated that he was a firm believer in farmers' markets and had gone to the one in Palo Alto for years. However, he just did not believe it would work in the Town as he thought there were just too many good options and there would not be enough customers. One suggestion if the Town did pursue this however might be to hold such a market mid -week. Council discussed the option of a farmers' market including the traffic issue, the location issue, who would sponsor and the accessibility of so many nearby markets. Dauber further commented that one fundraising suggestion might be funds for the Town Float. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To continue this item to the March 1, 1995 City Council Meeting and to request any and all interested parties to submit input to the Council prior to that meeting. 2.4 Presentation by Pacific Gas & Electric -- John Leach and Steve Machado John Leach reported on the January storms and their impact on their utility. He explained that with the storms coming one right after another the result had been a roller coaster effect -- one day as many as 529,000 customers without service, the next day 20,000 with this being repeated time and again. They had had 650 poles down, 600 transformers down, over 500,000 calls received in one day and huge spans of wire down. Their priority system for restoring power was as follows: health and safety, hospitals, health care facilities, highways, high voltage lines, supermarkets and large blocks of customers. Isolated customers were last. Mr. Leach did acknowledge that there had been serious public relations problems and much better use was needed of their communications systems. Steve Machado stated that the January storms had been a disaster from a public relations point of view but it had been an educational experience. He had met with Los Altos officials and looked forward to meeting with Town officials to discuss better solutions to issues raised during the January storms. Shannon Paboojian, 14395 Purissima, commented that there had been a brown out during the storms and he inquired if there were any safety issues involved or negative impacts on residents. Steve Machado responded to Mr. Paboojian's question by saying that applicances could be damaged as a result of a brown out. It was not a safety hazard but a mechancial hazard. It was agreed that this would be a good article (how to proceed in a brown out) for the next PG&E newsletter. February 1, 1995